Elena Rybakina vs Paula Badosa. Predictions and Betting Tips for WTA Cincinnati

Elena Rybakina needed some time to find her game again after a disappointing defeat in the third place match at the Olympic Games. In the previous week Kazakhstan representative was beaten by Samsonova in the first round of Montreal tournament (4:6, 7:5, 4:6).

Nonetheless, she managed to win two matches at Cincinnati without losing a single set. In the first one Rybakina was a favourite in the match against Samantha Stosur and recorded a victory (6:3, 6:3). In the second round Elena recorded another confident win, this time over Elise Mertens (6:3, 6:2). Without a doubt, victories like that will gain Rybakina's self-confidence.

Paula Badosa also had an unsuccessful Montreal tournament in the previous week. In the second round of that competition she was unexpectedly beaten by Marino (6:1, 5:7, 4:6).

In Cincinnati Paula was the one, who made a sensation. In our prediction we were expecting Spaniard to put up a fight against Aryna Sabalenka in the second round. But Badosa managed to record a victory on a tiebreak in the decisive set (5:7, 6:2, 7:6). Before that Spaniard also won a tiebreak in the match against Martic (4:6, 6:4, 7:6). Obviously, Paula wasted too much energy in those matches.